Having restricted Lancashire to 280 for 5 on a good wicket in a match played on a quick-scoring ground, Surrey mounted a determined pursuit of their target. Bohannon put on 79 for the second wicket with Jennings but his departure foreshadowed an acceleration in the scoring rate. The most impressive Surrey bowler was van Vuuren, who had taken one for 18 from six overs when he left the field with an injury. Sibley reached his fifty off 69 balls and Patel off nine balls fewer. But having reached the midpoint of their innings on 123 for one, Surrey lost a wicket to the next delivery when Patel was caught behind off George Balderson for 58.